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RIA Services - Url Custumization

Oscar Brito

References:
http://sandrinodimattia.net/blog/post/Things-you-can-do-with-WCF-RIA-Services-and-a-regular-svc-file.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/fredriknormen/archive/2009/11/27/wcf-ria-services-binding-deep-dive.aspx

1. If yout do not want default namespace based url, on main web.config file remove the DomainServiceHttpModule from <httpModules> and <system.webServer><modules>.
Example:
<system.webServer>
   <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
        <!--<add name="DomainServiceModule" preCondition="managedHandler"
        type="System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting.DomainServiceHttpModule, System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" 
             />-->
    </modules>
</system.webServer>
2. Then Create your svc file with content like:
<%@ ServiceHost 
                  Service="namespace.riaService"
                Factory="System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting.DomainServiceHostFactory, System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
                  %>
Remark: Factory must have a full type name!

3. Don't forget the serialization:

<configSections>
     <sectionGroup name="system.serviceModel">
        <section name="domainServices" type="System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting.DomainServicesSection, System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
      </sectionGroup>
</configSections>
...
 <domainServices>
       <endpoints>
        <clear />
           <add name="odata" type="System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting.ODataEndpointFactory, System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting.OData, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
  
        <add name="JSON"
                   type="Microsoft.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting.JsonEndpointFactory, Microsoft.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting" />
        </endpoints>
</domainServices>
  

In this case only json and odata serialization is allowed!
  
4. test the urls like 
http://localhost.ubisign.local/webservices/Service.svc/json/method
  
http://localhost.ubisign.local/webservices/Service.svc/oData/ChannelSet
  http://localhost.ubisign.local/namespace-Service.svc (does not exists!)
 
Done!



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